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Fairs and Festivals

Chinese New Year
Phuket Food and
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Music Festival
Late Jan/early Feb
Celebrated with firecrackers, Feb/Mar • MAP B5 • www.
crashing cymbals, and lagunaphuket.com
colorful cos tumes, the This popular festival is held at
Chinese New Year marks the Laguna complex of hotels
the beginning of a new lunar and villas. Attracting a huge
year, and is an auspicious audience, it has a varied
day for the Chinese. The line up of musicians, with
holiday is especially performances ranging
important in Phuket Town, from jazz to country
where people dress in music. Apart from the
bright red costumes, and music, there are different
numer ous para des Bang Neo Shrine at food stalls and treats.
and feasts are held. Chinese New Year Songkran
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Old Phuket Festival
2 The traditional Thai New Year
Apr 13–15
Late Jan/early Feb
Chinese opera, rickshaw rides, and a celebration turns the entire coun try
Phuket Baba Light Show are a few of into one big water fight. Getting
the high lights of this festival, which sprayed with water is considered
coin cides with the Chinese New Year. good luck, and many Thais visit
The festival is held in Phuket Town temples to pay respect to Buddha
on Thalang, Krabi, and Phuket roads. by sprinkling water on his statue.
Visakha Puja
Phuket Gay
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Pride Festival
May
Feb Thailand’s Buddhist temples overflow
Established in 1999, this festival with merit-makers on this holy day
includes four nights of wild parties marking the birth, enlighten ment,
and parades in Patong. With cabaret and death of the Buddha – three
shows, fashion shows, and more, events that occur red on the same
this annual event seeks to create a day in different years. At night,
stronger gay, lesbian, bisexual, and believers walk around the temples
trans gender com munity on Phuket. in a candlelit procession.
Dazzling street parade marking the Phuket Gay Pride Festival

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